Kia ora Whanau...

Here are a few photos of our family play/vanity area on the deck on the tuakana side. If you look, you will notice, all of the items are of different colours in this area. Inside, the defined areas are of one main colour. The reason for this is children will understand where things belong and how they are to be put back after they have been used. It also allows the child's focus to be drawn to new items of interest, without too much visual distraction such as a vase of flowers or a bowl of fruit. Sometimes, when the tables or chairs or items are presented in an array of bright colours, items that you want to focus on become less visible and add to visual confusion rather than standing out as items of interest.

Unfortunately, we had spent most of our putea on the inside so we had to work with what we already had. Hence the reason the play area is multi coloured. In saying this though, I think it works for now, as the children proved this by being so engaged in this area for long periods of time.

Remember, whanau day this Sunday. We really wish for you all to attend this whanau day as it has been set up for the interest of your child. In order for us facilitators to know your child, we have to know you, the parent, guardian, koro, kui, or siblings. Kia ora, Staff of Matariki.